If you wear makeup and clean your brushes often (if you wear makeup I hope you clean your brushes often!) you know what a pain it is. Especially if the bristles get spread it and messy from washing. Or perhaps you pack those brushes often, and you have seen more than one get ruined as it gets bent inside your makeup bag.

When I got these brush guards in a Birchbox, I was skeptical, but once I used them I was converted. They keep your brush bristles protected while traveling, and re-shape them while your brushes are drying. Also, you can stand your brush upside down for faster drying!

So cool, right? You slip the guard on the handle side of your brush and slide it up over the bristles. It stretches to accommodate them.

Www.birchbox.com or Amazon to buy.